Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] rust: pci: expose the allocated interrupt type

From: Gary Guo

Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 14:18:43 EST


On Wed Aug 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM BST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> On Wed Aug 12, 2026 at 6:44 PM CEST, Gary Guo wrote:
>> On Wed Aug 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM BST, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
>>> + pub fn irq_type(&self) -> IrqType {
>>> + self.reg.irq_type()
>>
>> Do you expect people to call this on the `IrqVetor` (or even
>> `IrqVectorRegistration`)? This is really a property of the device, and not on a
>> specific IRQ vector/allocation.
>
> You are not wrong, but the C API sets msix_enabled and msi_enabled in
> pci_alloc_irq_vectors() and clears them in pci_free_irq_vectors().

Right, then putting it on `IrqVectorRegistration` does make sense. Speaking of
which, what prevents people from calling pci_alloc_irq_vectors twice with
different irq types or with both IrqType::Intx?

Best,
Gary